Born To Be A Roughneck I'll Never Amount To Nothin'
Pullin' Case And Layin' Pipe Is Hard Labor
Well I Was Born In A Boomer Shack Bout A Half Mile From Town
Papa Was A Driller On A Wildcat Crew And My Mama Never Was Around
I Learn To Cuss When I Was Two And Fight When I Was Three
And By The Time I Was Five There Was No Kid Alive Could Ever Get The Best Of Me
Born To Be A Roughneck...
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Well I Started Workin' Like A Regular Man When I Was Just About Knee High
Skinning The Knuckles With My Two Bare Hands But They Never Heard Me Cry
I Remember Walkin' Down The Road And Hearin' Somebody Say
He Was Born To Live A Rougneck's Life And He's Never Gonna Change His Ways
Born To Be A Roughneck...
Born To Be A Roughneck...